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Definition of Odorant
1. a. Yielding odors; fragrant.
Definition of Odorant
1. Noun. Any substance that has a distinctive smell, especially one added to something (such as household gas) for safety purposes ¹
2. Adjective. Having an odour / odour ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Odorant
1. an odorous substance [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Odorant
Literary usage of Odorant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1797)
"The motion was perceptible even in pieces of camphor of feven or eight gros. 3.
An odorant liquor being poured on the water flops the motion till it is ..."
2. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1801)
"The motion of odorant bodies upon water decays and ... as in the ordinary odorant
fluids, without forming the ga- ..."
3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1860)
"If an odorous substance can be neutralized or destroyed by another odorant body,
there are others destitute of odor, which, by union, produce odorant ..."
4. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1867)
"If an odorous substance can be neutralized or destroyed by another odorant body,
there are others destitute of odor, which, by union, produce odorant ..."
5. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells (1867)
"If an odorous substance can bo neutralized or destroyed by another odorant body,
there are others destitute of odor, which, by union, produce odorant ..."
6. Sensor Systems for Biological Agent Attacks: Protecting Buildings and by Bmed, National Research Council (U.S.), ebrary, Inc (2005)
"This is achieved via cell surface structure-based sensors—receptors embedded in
the cell membrane that bind an odorant molecule and signal the brain for ..."
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